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방학 | vacation, break |
계속 | continuously, constantly |
빠르다 | to be fast |
V + 나요 Adj/이다,아니다 + ㄴ/은가요 This is used to ask a question in a soft, polite tone, especially when speaking to someone of equal or lower status, while still showing courtesy.
여러분, 방학 동안 잘 지냈나요?
Everyone, how have you been during the break?
수지 씨 요즘도 계속 바쁜가요?
Suzy, are you still busy these days?
혹시 수업이 너무 빠른가요?
Is the class too fast by any chance?
- It is also used when talking to oneself to ask questions.
나는 누구인가? Who am I?
이게 더 큰가? Is this bigger?
Self question endings:
~지 | ~나,~ㄴ/은가 |
Conversational.
나는 누구지?
뭐지?
몇 시지?
어디지?
언제지?
어떤 거지?
어떻지?
얼마지? | Book(written) style.
나는 누구인가?
무엇인가?
몇 시인가?
어디인가?
언제인가?
어떤 것인가?
어떤가?
얼마인가? |
If it’s a yes-or-no question, we don’t usually use it for self-questioning. (In those cases, it sounds more like you are asking someone else for confirmation.)
이게 더 크지?
This is bigger, right? | A yes-or-no question directed at yourself.
In those case, it sounds colloquial. (perhaps, because it replaces the -지 pattern for this usage.)
이게 더 큰가?
Is this bigger? |
- Verb, 있다/없다, -었-/-겠-
- Adjective, 이다/아니다
- Colloquially, ’-나요’ can sometimes be used after adjectives as well, but not with 이다/아니다.
Root + 나(요) | ex. 가나요, 먹나요, 만들다 → 만드나요, 있나요(재미있나요, 맛있나요),
갔나요, 가겠나요, 컸나요, 좋겠나요 |
받침 X, ㄹ받침 | ㄴ가(요) | ex. 큰가요, 싼가요, 멀다→ 먼가요, N+ 인가요/아닌가요 |
받침 O | 은가(요) | ex. 작은가요, 좋은가요, 더운가요 |
크나요O, 작나요O, 이나요X, 아니나요X